On the top left of our main page we’re running an unscientific snapshot poll on the 2nd District School Board contest. Cast your vote!

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http://fanofthefan.com/2012/10/poll-who-is-your-choice-for-2nd-district-school-board/

If you didn’t make it out to the School Board candidates forum on September 20: Silver Persinger has posted video from the evening. There are 9 videos from the evening posted as of right now. The video count indicates that there are 6 more videos yet to be posted.

While most of the Fan is in the 2nd District, a southern portion of the area is in the 5th District. All three candidates for the 2nd District seat were present (Daisy Weaver, Mariah White, Kim Gray) and 2 candidates for the 5th District seat were present (Mamie Taylor, Maurice Henderson).

UPCOMING: The Fan District Association is sponsoring two separate debates on October 9th and 10th for the 2nd District City Council and School Board candidates, respectively. You can submit questions for those last 2 debates.

Silver also posted video from the 1st City Council Candidate Forum.

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http://fanofthefan.com/2012/09/video-from-the-school-board-candidates-forum/

Style Weekly has an interview with 2nd District School Board candidate Daisy Weaver:

Weaver has a unique perspective. She’s worked for both City Council and former Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, who famously fired her in June 2005. On the same day, then-City Council President Manoli Loupassi, now a state delegate, hired her as council’s first chief of staff. After six years, she retired in the fall.

Now she’s running for the Richmond School Board. She’ll challenge Kimberly Gray for her 2nd District seat this fall.

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Daisy Weaver, former chief of staff for City Council, is running in the Richmond School Board 2nd District as a challenger to the incumbent Kimberly Gray.

The vast majority of the Fan is in the 2nd District, with the area north of Main Street/Floyd Avenue being in the 5th District. The contest for the 2nd District City Council seat pits the incumbent Charles Samuels and challenger Charlie Diradour.

I can’t find a site or Facebook for the Daisy Weaver campaign - anybody got something?

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